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110A.24 ELECTION; TIME, PLACE, PURPOSE, RULES.
Subdivision 1. Election time, place. The board of directors of the district shall fix the hour
and place, within the boundaries of the district, of each election and shall preside. If the district is
divided into election divisions, the board in its discretion may fix a place of election within each
election division, and the directors who represent that division shall preside.
Subd. 2. Who may vote. Every person or corporation which is a party to a contract with
the district for the purchase of water to be furnished by the district, may cast one vote at each
election for each director to be elected. In case election divisions are provided for, each person or
corporation entitled to vote by reason of being a party to a contract shall select the division in
which the person or corporation shall vote, which selection shall be made under rules established
by the board of directors.
Subd. 3. Notice to eligible voters. The board shall at least 20 days prior to the date of
election, mail to each person or corporation entitled to vote, at the person's or corporation's last
known place of residence or business, a notice stating the time, place, and purpose of the election
or, in the alternative, publish in each county in which lands within the district lie, in a newspaper
of general circulation in the county, once each week for at least two successive weeks before the
time of election, a notice that the election will be held giving the purpose, time and place.
Subd. 4. Voting procedure. At the hour and place of the election, the presiding directors
shall call the roll of those entitled to vote, and the number of votes to which each is entitled. They
shall make a record of the qualified voters present and prescribe the manner of casting ballots
and canvassing votes. If election divisions are provided for, but the election is held at one place
within the district instead of being held in each division, the board shall call the roll for each
division and conduct the election for each division separately. All costs incident to the election of
directors shall be paid by the district.
Subd. 5. Declaration of winner. The candidate for director required to fill an existing
vacancy or to succeed an outgoing director who receives the highest number of votes cast shall
be declared elected.
History: 1978 c 744 s 24; 1986 c 444
Subdivision 1. Election time, place. The board of directors of the district shall fix the hour
and place, within the boundaries of the district, of each election and shall preside. If the district is
divided into election divisions, the board in its discretion may fix a place of election within each
election division, and the directors who represent that division shall preside.
Subd. 2. Who may vote. Every person or corporation which is a party to a contract with
the district for the purchase of water to be furnished by the district, may cast one vote at each
election for each director to be elected. In case election divisions are provided for, each person or
corporation entitled to vote by reason of being a party to a contract shall select the division in
which the person or corporation shall vote, which selection shall be made under rules established
by the board of directors.
Subd. 3. Notice to eligible voters. The board shall at least 20 days prior to the date of
election, mail to each person or corporation entitled to vote, at the person's or corporation's last
known place of residence or business, a notice stating the time, place, and purpose of the election
or, in the alternative, publish in each county in which lands within the district lie, in a newspaper
of general circulation in the county, once each week for at least two successive weeks before the
time of election, a notice that the election will be held giving the purpose, time and place.
Subd. 4. Voting procedure. At the hour and place of the election, the presiding directors
shall call the roll of those entitled to vote, and the number of votes to which each is entitled. They
shall make a record of the qualified voters present and prescribe the manner of casting ballots
and canvassing votes. If election divisions are provided for, but the election is held at one place
within the district instead of being held in each division, the board shall call the roll for each
division and conduct the election for each division separately. All costs incident to the election of
directors shall be paid by the district.
Subd. 5. Declaration of winner. The candidate for director required to fill an existing
vacancy or to succeed an outgoing director who receives the highest number of votes cast shall
be declared elected.
History: 1978 c 744 s 24; 1986 c 444
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